PSA Group has started to produce engines at its new Porto Real plant, in Rio de Janeiro state, writes Rogério Louro Alves.

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The new factory is next to the vehicle plant opened last year to build the Peugeot 206 compact hatchback and Citroën Picasso minivan.


PSA Group invested $US50 million in the new plant which can build 50,000 110bhp, 1.6-litre, 16-valve engines per year for Peugeot and Citroën vehicles assembled in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.


The plant will be officially opened on March 7 in the presence of PSA Group president Jean-Martin Folz.

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